Antioxidant Potential of Spirulina platensis Mitigates Oxidative Stress and Reprotoxicity Induced by Sodium Arsenite in Male Rats

Table 2

(a) Absolute reproductive organ weights (g) of arsenic intoxicated rats treated with S. platensis. (b) Effect of S. platensis on reproductive organ weights (g) relative to body weight in arsenic intoxified rats.

(a)

Parameter	Treatment
	Control	Arsenic	S. platensis + arsenic	S. platensis
Left testis	1.76 ± 0.05	1.40 ± 0.07	1.67 ± 0.05	1.79 ± 0.08
Vas deferens	0.21 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.007	0.19 ± 0.006
Epididymis	0.86 ± 0.03	0.57 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.03	0.81 ± 0.04
Prostate	0.80 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.05	0.77 ± 0.05
Seminal vesicle	1.51 ± 0.08	0.86 ± 0.06	1.18 ± 0.06	1.46 ± 0.07

(b)

	Treatment
Parameter	Control	Arsenic	S. platensis + arsenic	S. platensis
Left testis	0.62 ± 0.02	0.51 ± 0.02	0.59 ± 0.01^@	0.60 ± 0.02
Vas deferens	0.07 ± 0.003	0.05 ± 0.002	0.05 ± 0.002	0.06 ± 0.005
Epididymis	0.25 ± 0.002	0.21 ± 0.006	0.23 ± 0.007	0.24 ± 0.008
Prostate	0.31 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.009	0.29 ± 0.01
Seminal vesicle	0.52 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.01	0.47 ± 0.02	0.50 ± 0.04

All numbers are mean + standard error, .
Significantly different from control value, , .
Significantly different from arsenic group value, .